Front seat noise

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    AberdeenMini
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    Anyone else suffering/suffered from a continual clicking noise coming from their front seat? I think the base must be broken or something but its driving me mad!!! Anyone fixed this themselves or is it back to JC's?

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    GAJ
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    I sometimes get that too. I went to the dealers a while ago and they just greased it! Mine comes and goes. Someone, maybe Steve 74 said that raising the seat a couple of clicks sorts it. Not tried yet.

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    Steve74
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    Yeh, I think its the mechanism that raises and lowers the seat height. When it's at the lowest it makes more noise. Seems to be that if you push it down a couplw of times it goes away. Not sure what causes it though.

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    Vosh
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    I had a clicking sound coming from the passenger seat that drove me nuts. Dealers fixed it. Something was loose.

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    I sometimes get a tutting noise from the passenger side, when I am driving too fast, but only when Carol is in the car. Dealer cant explain it

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    macblob
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    I had various squeaks etc from my driver side seat, rebuilt 3 times and new base put in it.

    Squeaks usually came back after the grease had worn off a little.

    I got some silicon lubricant (think it was meant for bike chains etc.)
    Sprayed some of the on to the bottom mechanism for the seat now and again (used a straw from a can of wd40 to direct oil where i wanted it).
    That seemed to be the best solution for me

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    I only had it briefly, once or twice, and only when there was someone sitting in the seat.
    I think the method of just lifting it a couple of clicks worked.

    It's a cheap and hassle-free fix to try first, anyway!

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    AberdeenMini
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    Cheers guys, i always have the seat as low as possible but raised it a few clicks. Noise went away, or so i thought - came back with a vengance when i went over some cobbles. My knees kept smacking into the steering wheel anyway! Noise is back, woo hoo!!! :)

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